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Presidential Retribution (Executive Watch)

Trump Threatened to Withhold Federal Funds From Indiana Unless it Approved His Plan to Gerrymander its Electoral Map
Initially, it was just a rumor that Donald Trump was threatening to withhold federal funds from Indiana if its legislature didn’t approve his…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Wants His MAGA-Controlled FTC Board to Use its Antitrust Powers for a Hostile Takeover of CNN by a Billionaire Tech Buddy
Donald Trump’s takeover of the Federal Trade Commission in March by firing the Democratic commissioners on the board has given him considerable personal…
 • Executive Watch
The DOJ Is Moving to Designate Non-MAGA Americans Engaging in Wrongthink as Domestic Terrorists
Donald Trump has issued a national security directive so broad and vague it can be used to designate any ideological opponent as a terrorist threat to…
 • Executive Watch
Hegseth Wants Pentagon to Investigate Sen. Mark Kelly, a Veteran, for Reminding Military Servicemembers of Their Oath Not to Follow Illegal…
A hit dog will holler, and as evidence grows that Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth issued illegal orders to murder shipwreck survivors in…
 • Executive Watch
Trump Threatens to Execute Members of Congress for Reminding Soldiers that Obeying Illegal Military Commands Is Illegal
Sometimes Donald Trump’s abuses of his executive power are subtle, and sometimes they are flagrantly, blazingly obvious.
 • Robert Tracinski
FCC Chair Reups His Boss' Post Demanding that NBC Fire Seth Myers
Donald Trump’s attempt to ban Jimmy Kimmel from television may have backfired, but he hasn’t given up on the idea that he can silence his critics.
 • Robert Tracinski
After Neutering America’s Big Media, Trump Goes After the BBC
Donald Trump’s lawsuits against big media companies—backed up by the threat to abuse regulatory power against them—have made U.S.
 • Robert Tracinski
Trump’s Threats Against Big Business Keep Them Silent in Tariff Case
Sometimes, Donald Trump’s authoritarianism is demonstrated by what doesn’t happen, by the conspicuous silences.
 • Robert Tracinski
Trump Considers a Blatantly Illegal Plan to Use the IRS to Probe and Harass Donors Who Oppose MAGA
A long-standing abuse of presidential power is the use of the Internal Revenue Service as a tool for getting information on the president’s political…
 • Robert Tracinski
Trump Is Asking Top DOJ Officials to Use the Agency to Prosecute Those Charged With Investigating His Criminal Actions
Every accusation Donald Trump makes about the abuse of power by his political opponents turns out to be a confession of how he intends to use power.
 • Robert Tracinski
Trump Threatens to Jail Chicago Mayor and Illinois Governor for Opposing His ICE Immigration Raids
Donald Trump has an obsession with the idea of jailing his political opponents.
 • Robert Tracinski
Trump Is Even Targeting the Private Employment of Officials Who Investigated His Criminal Acts by Threatening to Cancel the Contracts of…
One of the illusions that brought Trump to power is the idea that he is “pro-business” and favors deregulation.
 • Robert Tracinski
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